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Jazz Not Jazz februari 2026 – Individuele Top-10’s

Op basis van de muzieksmaak van de professionals zijn hier de complete individuele Top-10’s van nieuwe albums. De platen zijn net uit of verschijnen in maart.

Sander Grande (Mojo, North Sea Jazz)

1. Ão – Malandra (Mayway)
2. Flea – Honora (Nonesuch)
3. Ari Lennox – Vacancy (Interscope) 
4. Ben Wendel – BaRcoDe (Edition)
5. Joel Ross – Gospel Music (Blue Note)
6. Tigran Hamasyan – Manifeste (Naïve)
7. Ed Verhoeff – Dear Fathers (Eigen beheer)
8. Mammal Hands – Circadia (ACT)
9. Carmen Staaf – Sounding Line (Sunnyside) 
10. Nusantara Beat – Nusantara Beat (Glitterbeat)

Phil Horneman (Wicked Jazz Sounds)

1. Jill Scott – To Whom This May Concern (Blues Babe)
2. Brian Jackson – Now More Than Ever (BBE Music)
3. Atjazz – Starbase 17 (Atjazz Record Company)
4. Moonchild – Waves (Tru Thoughts)
5. Bruno Mars – The Romantic (Atlantic)
6. Michelle David & The True-tones – Soul Woman (Record Kicks)
7. Kelan Phil Cohran & Legacy – African Skies [reissue] (Stones Throw/Listening Position)
8. Nubiyan Twist – Chasing Shadows (Strut)
9. Susanne Alt – Dark Horse (Eigen beheer)
10. Galliano – Unreliable Memories Of Contested Conversations (WoozyWu)

Dick Hovenga (Written in Music, Jazzism)

1. Mammal Hands – Circadia (ACT)
2. Palle Mikkelborg – Light (Loveland Music)
3. Flea – Honora (Nonesuch)
4. Carlos Niño & Friends – Bubble Bath For Giants (International Anthem)
5. Stargazers – Stargazers (Night Dreamer)
6. SML – How You Been (International Anthem)
7. Craig Taborn – Dream Archives (ECM)
8. Black Flower – Motions (EP, Sdban)
9. Tortoise – Touch (International Anthem)
10. Jakob Bro – Live At The Village Vanguard (Loveland Music)

Guy van Hulst en Brent Oostrum (TivoliVredenburg)

1. Tigran Hamasyan – Manifeste (Naïve)
2. Bill Frisell – In My Dreams (UMG)
3. Aseo Friesacher – Wu Wei & The Art Of Living (Challenge)
4. Julian Lage – Scenes From Above (Blue Note/UMG)
5. Cory Wong – Lost In The Wonder (Roundwound Media)
6. Suzan Veneman Sextet – The Art Of Letting Go (ZenneZ)
7. Joel Ross – Gospel Music (Blue Note)
8. Maarten Hogenhuis – Cole. (Cabin)
9. Dominique Fils-Aimé – My World Is The Sun (Ensoul)
10. Ludvig Søndergaard – Creature Dances (Dox)

Gijsbert Kamer (de Volkskrant)

1. Mete Erker – Tilburg Noord (Sympathetic Vibrations)
2. WAAN – We Want WAAN (Sonar Kollektiv)
3. Miles Davis – The Complete Live At The Plugged Nickel 1965 (Sony)
4. Craig Taborn – Dream Archives (ECM)
5. Joel Ross – Gospel Music (Blue Note)
6. Terrie Ex – Flaps (Terp/De Konkurrent)
7. Rahsaan Roland Kirk – Vibrations In The Village, Live At The Village Gate 1963 (Resonance)
8. Rahsaan Roland Kirk – Seek & Listen: Live At The Penthouse 1966 (Resonance)
9. Maarten Hogenhuis Trio – Cole. (Cabin)
10. Sault – Chapter 1 (Forever Living Originals)

Marcel Kranendonk (Jazz Enter, Nacht van de Jazz)

أحمد .1 (Ahmed) – ماع Sama’a (Audition) (Otoroku)
2. Rodrigo Amado’s The Bridge – Further Beyond (Trost)
3. John Zorn – John Zorn’s Olympiad Vol. 4, Curling (Tzadik)
4. Mother Tongue – Mother Tongue (Makkum)
5. Caroline Kraabel, Pat Thomas, John Edwards, Steve Noble – Transgressive Coastlines (Shrike Records)
6. Large Unit with Akira Sakata – Hohai Bushi (PNL Records)
7. Evan Parker, Paul Rogers, Louis Moholo – Tebugo (Jazz in Britain)
8. Zeena Parkins – Lament For The Maker (Relative Pitch Records)
9. Simon Nabatov Trio – Guilt-Free Pleasures (Eigen beheer)
10. Peter Evans & Mike Pride – A Window, Basically (Relative Pitch)

Marieke Meischke (Jazz Maastricht, Orange Jazz Days)

1. N∆BOU – Indigo (Edition)
2. Craig Taborn – Dream Archives (ECM)
3. Flatland Prayer – Fanatic (Flatland Prayer)
4. Angelika Niescier – Chicago Tapes (Intakt)
5. Sera Kalo, eX.II – Jazz Is Punk (Unit)
6. Kin Gajo – Tsuki 月 (W.E.R.F.)
7. Björn Meyer – Convergence (ECM)
8. Julian Lage – Scenes From Above (Blue Note)
9. Lucas Santana Grand Orchestra – Candomblé (Live at Bimhuis) (ZenneZ)
10. Makoto Ozone – For Someone (Office Yukkuri/Universal Music LLC)

Onno Post (LantarenVenster, Muziekweb.nl)

1. Flea – Honora (Nonesuch)
2. WAAN – We Want WAAN (Sonar Kollektiv)
3. Dj Harrison – ElectroSoul (Stones Throw)
4. Shake Stew – Ten One Two (Traumton)
5. Esa Williams – Dala What We Must (BBE)
6. Thundercat – Distracted (Brainfeeder)
7. Atabasca – Atabasca (Killer Groove)
8. Colectiva – Colectiva (Jazz Re:Freshed)
9. Momoko Gill – Momoko (Strut)
10. The Yussef Dayes Experience – Live From Mt. Fuji (Brownswood)

Maarten Van Rousselt (Flagey Brussel)

1. Julian Lage – Scenes From Above (Blue Note)
2. N∆BOU – Indigo (Edition)
3. Momoko Gill – Momoko (Strut)
4. Bodies – Quiero Amor (Igloo)
5. Kin Gajo – Tsuki 月 (W.E.R.F.)
6. Melissa Aldana – Filin (Blue Note)
7. Bram De Looze, Felix Henkelhausen, Eric McPherson – Vice Versa II – Rebounce (Challenge)
8. Tigran Hamasyan – Manifeste (Naïve)
9. Mammal Hands – Circadia (ACT)
10. Nate Smith: Live-Action (Naïve/Waterbaby Music)

Bartho van Straaten (Paradox)

1. Craig Taborn – Dream Archives (ECM)
2. ZU – Ferrum Sidereum (House of Mythology)
3. Mammal Hands – Circadia (ACT)
4. Julian Lage – Scenes From Above (Blue Note)
5. WAAN – We Want WAAN (Sonar Kollektiv)
6. Dishwasher – Anemoia (DOX)
7. John Scofield, Dave Holland – Memories Of Home (ECM)
8. Flea – Honora (Nonesuch)
9. John Zorn – The Bagatelles vol. 5 – Kris Davis Quartet (Tzadik)
10. Ben Wendel – BaRcoDe (Edition)

Jaïr Ming Hop Tchong (HA Concerts Gent)

1. Linda May Han Oh – Strange Heavens (Biophilia)
2. 1984: Mariam Rezaei, Sakina Abdou, Kobe Van Cauwenberghe – The Forward Process (Dropa Disc)
3. N∆BOU – Indigo (Edition)
4. PRAED Orchestra! – The Dictionary Of Lost Meanings (Discrepant)
5. Kin Gajo – Tsuki 月 (W.E.R.F.)
6. Pierre-Antoine Savoyat, Le monde merveilleux de Pépito – Thousand Shades Of A Clown (Challenge)
7. Guitari Baro – Guitari Baro (Chrysalis Global)
8. Craig Taborn – Dream Archives (ECM)
9. Sera Kalo, eX.II – Jazz Is Punk (Unit)
10. Either/Orchestra & Ethiopian Guests – Éthiopiques 32: Nalbandian l’Éthiopien (Buda Musique)

Danny Theuwis (30CC, Leuven Jazz)

1. Yttling Jazz – Illegal Hit (Eigen beheer)
2. N∆BOU – Indigo (Edition)
3. Kin Gajo – Tsuki 月 (W.E.R.F)
4. Julian Lage – Scenes From Above (Blue Note)
5. Mammal Hands – Circadia (ACT)
6. Elori Saxl + Henry Solomon – Seeing Is Forgetting (True Panthers)
7. Momoko Gill – Momoko (Strut)
8. Tilaye Gebre – Tilaye’s Saxophone With The Dahlak Band (Muzikawi)
9. Bruno De Groote & Ben Faes feat. Dré Pallemaerts – Time Unfolding (Eigen beheer)
10. Bodies – Quiero Amor (Igloo)

Frank van Berkel en Shane Burmania (BIMHUIS)

  1. Andreas Røysum Ensemble With Marvin Tate (Motvind)
  2. Craig Taborn – Dream Archives (ECM)
  3. Saint Abdullah & Jason Nazary – Wiretaps For Oral (Disciples)
  4. Kaja Draksler Octet – Bare, Unfolding (Zavod Sploh)
  5. N∆BOU – Indigo (Edition)
  6. NOHMI – Brightness & Darkness (ZenneZ)
  7. Ben Wendel – BaRcoDe (Edition)
  8. Emanuele Pellegrini – Stories Of Light And Dark (ZenneZ)
  9. Tigran Hamasyan – Manifeste (Naïve)
  10. Televizyon – Mom! I’m Growing Up (Sheep Chase)

Frank Bolder (LantarenVenster, North Sea Jazz)

  1. SML – How You Been (International Anthem)
  2. Joel Ross – Gospel Music (Blue Note)
  3. Adam O’Farrill – Elephant (Out Of Your Head)
  4. Ben Wendel – BaRcoDe (Edition)
  5. Out Of/Into – Motion II (Blue Note)
  6. Wajdi Riahi Trio – Zabonprés Sessions (Flak)
  7. Mammal Hands – Circadia (ACT)
  8. Guitari Baro – Guitari Baro (Chrysalis)
  9. N∆BOU – Indigo (Edition)
  10. Søren Bebe Trio – Gratitude (From Out Here Music / Søren Bebe Music)

Benny Claysier en Abel Petneki (KAAP)

1. Maurício Fleury – Revoada (Altercat)
2. Kin Gajo – Tsuki 月 (W.E.R.F.)
3. Sarathy Korwar – There Is Beauty, There Already (Otherland)
4. Brahja – Infinity Zero (RR Gems)
5. Wajdi Riahi Trio – Zabonprés Sessions (Flak)
6. Ensemble Ensemble – Live At Atelier Du Plateau (BMC)
7. Ragini Trio – 3 (W.E.R.F.)
8. Joel Ross – Gospel Music (Blue Note)
9. hoshii, Kuba Więcek – Her Name Was Yumi (kxntrst)
10. Flea – Honora (Nonesuch)

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